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Goerke, Laszlo - 2020

If individuals join a trade union their utility should increase. Therefore, union members can be expected to exhibit higher job satisfaction than comparable non-members. This expectation is not consistent with empirical findings. The evidence sometimes indicates that union members have lower job...

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Collective Bargaining for Women : How Unions Can Create Female-Friendly Jobs

Corradini, Viola; Lagos, Lorenzo; Sharma, Garima - 2022

causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements …

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Ending a Century of Violent Labor Conflict : A New Perspective on Unionization and the National Labor Relations Act

Levi, Margaret; Melo, Tania; Weingast, Barry R.; … - 2015

Open access to labor organizations lagged nearly a century behind open access to business organizations, arising as part of the New Deal in the mid-1930s. During the century previous to the New Deal, firms and governments actively suppressed labor organization, frequently resorting to violence....

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The incidence and outcomes of industrial action: new evidence from the 2019 European company survey

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2022

Using the 2019 ECS, we investigate the relationship between union organization, workplace representation, industrial relations quality and strike incidence. We also consider some six issues behind the most recent instances of industrial action or threatened industrial action and their outcomes....

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Collective Bargaining and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions : A Game Changer in Governing Chinese Workplaces?

Zou, Mimi - 2020

-down approach by the state and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on the one hand and bottom-up pressures from workers … for shop floor representation on the other hand. This chapter examines the role of Chinese trade unions in light of these …

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Chinese Labour Contract Arbitration : 'No Union, No Problem'

Sun, Jinyue; Obar, Ruth; McDermott, E. Patrick - 2011

(LAB) in the city of Dalian, Liaoning Province. Contrary to the Chinese labour union’s statutory duties, the findings show …

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An Alternative Economic Analysis of the Regulation of Unions and Collective Bargaining

Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth Glenn - 2022

In this book chapter, I attempt to provide an economic analysis of the positive influences of unions on efficiency … equity in bargaining power and industrial peace. This chapter draws on my previous work on the bargaining model of unions and … variety of possible benefits of unions to society including: the redistribution of product market rents from employers to …

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Union wage effects : what are the economic implications of union wage bargaining for workers, firms, and society

Bryson, Alex - 2014

Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had … in the name of wage and employment flexibility, yet unions often work in tandem with employers for mutual gain based on … productivity growth. If this is where the premium originates, then firms and workers benefit. Without unions bargaining …

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Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany : the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2018

This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and …

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The long-run effects of teacher strikes : evidence from Argentina

Jaume, David; Willén, Alexander - 2017

This is the first paper to estimate the effect of teacher strikes on student long-run educational attainment and labor market outcomes. We exploit cross-cohort variation in the prevalence of teacher strikes within and across provinces in Argentina in a difference-in-difference framework to...

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